Vending-machine



PATBNTED JAN. 26, 1904.

i J. J. SLEEPER. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.. 5, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

VENDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,315, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed March 1903.

\ embodying means forcausing the operation of the proper part of themachine for the removal of the article of commodity vended.

It also consists of means for temporarily holding the coin prior to itsdirection to a place of collection.

It also consists of means for preventing an improper coin from effectingthe opening or discharging mechanism of the machine.

Figures 1, 3, and` 5 represent side elevations, partly sectional, of theinterior of a vending-machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 represents avertical section on line a" Fig. 1. Eig. i represents a view of theinner face of a detached member of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the gures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a plate constituting a portionof a coin-controlled vending-machine, and B designates a chute for thereception of the coin employed in the operation of said machine. On saidplate are pivotally mounted the gravitating or spring-pressed arms C andD, the same being adapted to be raised by a proper coin passed throughsaid chute and directed from the latter under said arms, it beingnoticed that the arm C is located adjacent to the discharge end of saidchute, and the arm D is located at'one side of said arm C, in thepresent case at the left thereof.

Connected with the arm C is the pin E, which extends therefrom throughthe segmental slot E in the plate A, said pin being adapted to beconnected with the door, gate,

shutter, slide, or other closing device of the outlet of the machinewhere the commodity of the latter is discharged.

Gr designates a lever which is pivotally mounted on the wall A andhaving a head H,

Serial No. 146,271. (No model.)

the upper end of which is adjacent to the lower side of the outlet endof the chute B, the normal position of said lever at its head H and thearm C being shown in Eig. 1.

Connected with the plate A below the arm D is the ledge J, which isadapted to temporarily support a coin, as shown in Fig. 1.

Connected with the wall A is the bar K, which is recessed or channeledon its inner side and extends over the arm C, the lower end of therecess or channel forming the shoulder L` which is in line orapproximately in line with the lower wall of the chute B.

Connected with the arm C is the pin M, which projects laterallytherefrom and passes freely through the segmental slot N in the plate A,thus assisting to guide said arm in its rising and lowering motions andlimit the lowering motion, as most plainly shown in Fig. 5.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to operate the machineto remove an article therefrom, a proper coin is introduced into thechute B and the same descends the length thereof, when it is lodged uponthe head H of the lever G and contacts with the lower side of the arm Cas a primary holder without having raised thelatter, as shown in Fig. 1.The person who has inserted the coin now operates said lever Gr, wherebythe head V.H rises, thus lifting the arm C and causing a consequentelevation of the pin E, which being connected withthe door or,.closureof the machine opens said door or closure and permits the commodity tobe discharged. The coin is also forced. through the bar K, when it isrested on the ledge J anddetained by the arm D as a secondary holder.When the lever G is let go, said lever and the arm C resume their normalpositions, as shown in Fig. 1. When another coin is introduced, theaction is the same as previously described, eX- cepting that said coinforces the first coin from its seat on the ledge J, when said first coindrops into a place of collection and the second coin occupies said ledgeJ, and so the operation continues. The lower portionmof the inner faceof the arm K is recessed, as at P, the same being below the shoulder Landl of less width than the portion of the recess above the TOO same. Bythis provision should a false piece or disk of any kind of lessthickness than the proper coin vbe introduced into the chute afterleaving the latter and the head oi' the lever it will drop upon the baseof the recess P and so be lowered clear of Contact with the lower sideof the arm C, so that said arm will not be raised to open the machine,the false piece or disk being afterward seated on the ledge J where itwill remain until removed by the pressure or advance of the subsequentcoin admitted into the chute, this action being clearly illustrated inFig. 5.

The plate A forms one side of part of the casing of the machine, theopposite side being formed by the plate A', in which is the piece Q, ofglass or other transparent materiahforming a window through which thetwo coins or parts of the same may be seen from the outside, showing thenature and position of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A coin-controlled vending-machine comprising a coin-holder consistingof separate closure-operating members adapted to be operativelyconnected by a coin of a standard thickness, means for selectivelyremoving thinner coin from between said members and a secondarycoin-holder adapted to receive both standard and thinner coins.

2. A coin-controlled vending-machine comprising a coin-holder consistingof separate closure-operating members adapted to be operativelyconnected by a coin of a standard thickness, a recessed bar adapted toremove from between said members, thinner coins, a secondary coin-holderadapted to receive both standard and thinner coins and a window in thecase of said machine through which the coin in said secondary holder isvisible.

3. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a case, a chute, a leverextending through said case, an arm connected with the closure of themachine, the inner end of said lever and said arm being located adjacentto the discharge end of said chute and a bar having a recess adapted toguide a coin emerging from said chute into operative engagement betweensaid lever and said arm.

4. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a case, a chute, a leverextending through said case, an arm connected with the closure of themachine, the inner end of said lever and said arm being located adjacentto the discharge end of said chute, abar having a recess adapted toguide a coin emerging from said chute into operative engagement betweensaid lever and said arm, and a second recess in said bar adapted toengage a coin of less than standard thickness and to guide it out ofengagement between said lever and said arm.

5. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a case, a chute, a leverextending through said case, an arm connected with the vclosure of saidmachine, the inner end of said lever and said arm being located adjacentto the discharge end of said chute and adapted to be operativelyconnected by a coin emerging from said chute and a secondary coin-holderadapted to retain coin forced thereinto by a succeeding coin emergingfrom said chute.

6. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a case, a chute, a leverextending through said case, an arm connected with the closure of saidmachine, the inner end of said lever and said arm being located adjacentto the discharge end ofsaid chute and adapted to be operativelyconnected by a coin emerging from said chute, a secondary coin-holderadapted to retain a coin forced thereinto by a succeeding coin emergingfrom said chute, and a window in said case through which one of saidcoins may be seen.

JOSEPH J. SLEEPER.

Witnesses:

J oHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, C. D. MCVAY.

